Mop and wringing attachment therefor



y RL'ZlEscHANG. MOF AND WRINQING ATTACHMENT THEREFOR. V PPLICATlN FILEDMAY29. 1920 426g44. l 9.

n. zlscHANG. MOP AND WRINGING ATTACHMENT THERFOB.-

y APPLICATION FILED MAY 29,'1920. 1,426,4A0.

y R. msm/TNG. MOP AND WRINGING ATTACHMENT THEREFOR. APPLICATION` FILEDMAY2'9, 1920.

925,44 @g Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

R. ZIESCHANG.

MoPAND wRlNGlNG ATTACHMENT THEREFoR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, |920.

Patented Aug. 22, 192.2.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

RICHARD ZIESCHANG, .OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR 0F UNE-,HALF v .EDWARDSTRATTON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND. ,i j

-w-ILBERT Mor AND wniiveine AmzrAoHMENr animaron.'

Application filed May 29,

To o-ZZww/m t may concern ,Be itlinown that I, RICHARD ZinsoHANG, asubject of the Kino' ofGreat Britain, and residing atrLondon, tngland,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Illops and lringingAttachments There? .'foi, of which the v'following is a specification.

This invention relates to mops providedy with wringing `appliances foruse in wringheld either open `or closed vas required, and

is released from the closed position;

The inventionl is illustrated in the ac-` companying drawings, whereinrFigure 1 shows rthe complete 4mop with its head extended .for use,

Figures 2 and 3 are views to a larger scale showing in 'front ,and Asideelevation, the wringing attachment closed over the mop head.

Figures l and "5 are corresponding views `gto Figures 2 and 3, of the'mopy with the closed wringing attachment in section.

Figure '6 is al similar view to Figure 5, but. showing the flapsopened.`

Figure 7 is an external view of a modified form of the mop andwringer,"show ing the mop head enclosed in the box. Figure 8 is asectional view, drawn to a larger scale, showing .the catchiand release,y,mechanism of the forni of construction'- shown in Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a detail view of the wringing box and mop head drawn to alarger scale, Figure lOviis an end view of the wringing box with theflaps closed.

Referring first to Figures l mop head, consisting of a ,-tuft or tuftsof textile material attached to a cap?) secured to the end of a stein c.Upon thisstem slides a :sleeve e carrying at its end the box or wringerd. This boxl is made ,of -Imetah preferably with co-rrugations;pressedinthe sides thereof `to allow of the escape ofthe ywater wrung not-ch insleeve e, so holdingtheflalis` "n tot, o is the Speccation of LettersPatent. `13j,idjllsteffi 'Aw-11g. 22, 1922,

`i920. serial No. 385,261.

shown, in vorder-to strengthen `it 4and to' give effective wringingaction when the mop is twisted withinit. Upon the jsleeve c works anoutersleeve 7, which normallyy pressed up'by ak spring g` acting betweenlflanges on thesleeves e and f. The sleeve" carries lugs i'to which`connected links 7c, and the otherLends ofthesellinks arefconnected'tothe flaps n which serve to close lthe box (Z when used Aforwr-ingingoutthe mop head a. The flaps n are carried by end lpieces'fm`pivoted atV 'Z on the .endsof the lbox 03. The flaps a are corrugatedfor wringing purposes, and are perforated as shown n out. The sleeve fhas an ,extension fo ,at the top, inside which is a spring tongue p;when the sleeve fis pressed down against the action kof springvg, thistonguefengages with .closed as in Figure 5. y. A sliding rin g workingonsleeve e, has atapered end w'lig-ich serves, when pressed down, tovengage with outwardly bent vhorns on the tongue fp, pressing it lbacktodisengagefitffromthe notch, and so allowing 'sleeve fito rise again andthe fla-ps vito open, under .the action rof, spring g. The 4ring Q yis ashortLsect-ion ,of

tubing` with an enlarged head, this 4'tubing ,being a freeusliding t onsleeve @,but

indented at one or moreplaces ,to hold itv by friction vagainstunintentional movement.

A flange or 'collar on the sleeve e carries a projecting handles wherebytliesleev-e and the box Z thereon are held against turning during thewringing Hoperation. The end 'i of sleeve @above this is arranged-to'engage 1 in any suitable way with the handgrip t` on the stern c,inorder tof-hold` up the wringattachinent whenA notrin use. Forexfamp'le, spring tongues uinfthe gripft, with little lniobs thereonwhich engage in holes or notches at o in the sleeve e when it is pulledup, willv serve this purpose.' Theen gagement is released readilywhenrequired. by pressing downrgthe sleeve `@with suiIicient pressure( awayfromvthe :grip t. "Buffersor rollers nw on Ithe corners yof the end,pieces m ofV flaps nl prevent risk Aof damage being done by suchcorners stri-king againStpb-l' jects when the-mop is in use.. v Themethodof yuse is asffollows Assum ing the mop head a to .havebeeliYdipped in water or ,other liquid, while ,the headisfexposed f as -,inFigure l-the ,gripv -t 'islheld "to be drawn into the box d.

rcatches u engage with sleeve e.

sleeve e is pressed down causingl theinop The fiaps'n are closed, bypressing down the sleeve f; the spring g is compressed, while sleeveslides over sleeve e, untill the flaps a are closed and tongue p engageswith the notch in sleeve e. Then the wringing is'eflected by pressingdown the grip t towards handle s so as to squeeze the end of the mopagainst the flaps a, and twisting the grip t relatively to handle s, soas to turn the mop head a in the box CZ, whereby it .is twisted andwrung out effectively. When this is done, ring g is pressed down torelease tongue p and allow spring g to lift sleeve f, opening the Hapsn, whereupon the sleeve e can be pulled up by continued upward pullingon extension 0 of sleeve f, or on handle s until the The mop head isthen exposed again as in Figure l and ready for use, in a damp conditionbut with the surplus moisture wrung out. After use, it is washed out ina buclret for example, and then wrung out as above described to malte itready for further service.

In the modified forni ot ythe mop and wringer shown in Figures 7 and 8,the box d, of the wringer is made shorter, and approximately square insection, but with the corners chanifered. The niopliead a is secured ina dome-shaped cap Zi, by stitching kthrough holes at b2, while the capitself is secured by a pin c2 on the end of the tubular mop stem c1. Thebox Z1 is connected to the sleeve el by arms e2. The flaps or shuttersn, are made with fingered end plates and with round bars extendingacross the opening `of the box when the flaps are closed. They arepivoted at n, `on the box, and connected by links or reins 7c, ofspringy metal, to the sleeve f1. Lugs a, on the sleeve c, serve to guidethe reins 7s, and 'to prevent turning of the sleeve f1.

The sleeve el has a collai c, against which rthe spring g, bears, and italso has aprojecticn p, against which the spring catch p2 bears. Thiscatch is shown as being formed on the end of one of the reins or links7c, by which the shutters n, are opened and closed, the member 7c, beingextended for this purpose beyond its attachment to the sleeve f1, andbeing arranged to project through a slot in the. said sleeve. Beyondthis slot the sleeve f1 has a flange f2 to which attached a grip orhandle f3. This grip is held while the inop stem c, is being turned towring` out the mop head in the vbox all. Over the stem c1 Slides areleasing sleeve g1 projecting beyond the grip f3, and enlarged at itslower end so as to slide over the upper end of the sleeve el. A lateralprojection QZ on the sleeve g1 has an inclined face whereby it .can liftout of action the spring catch p2 when sleeve g1 is .pressed down-'wardly Beyond this projection the sleeve is slotted to allow of thepassage of the projection p2 therethrough, andthe end of sleeve g1 has aflange g3 for the upper end of' spring g, to bear against. rThis flangein turn rests against an internal flange y, in the sleeve f1. ln orderto provide an upward spring pressure tending to raise sleeve and sleeveg1 severally7 the sleeve f1 is provided with a bloclr f5 in front of'its flange f4 at one side, by which one edge of the spring g, is cantedas shown. The result is that some spring pressure is opposed to thepressing down of sleeve g, to release catch p2, and a sufficientresidual spring pressure is left against the bloclg f5 serving to raisesleeve f1 when released, and to prevent the ie-engagement of catch p2with projection p1 so long as sleeve g1 is held. In this way a singlespring is made to serve several different purposes.

ln use, after the mop has' been dipped in water it is drawn up into thebox Z1 by holding the grip f3 in one hand, and drawing up ythe stem c,with the other. This movement is continued after the mop head has cometo rest in 'the box and the stem c, can rise no further in sleeve e1.The further movement draws up sleeve e., inside sleeve y, until.

the catch p2 engages projection p, when the flaps or shuttersa1 willhave been closed. Vilringing is then effected by twisting` the iiiopstem c, and pressing it down so that the mop head is pressed against thebars of the shutters nl. 1n' order to open out the mop again, the handwith which the grip was held is now used to grip the sleeve g1 and topush it down. This releases the catch p2, and when g1 is released theshutters spring open under the action of spring g, raising sleeve f1.The mop stem c, can now be pushed down to expose the mop head to anyrequired extent, and to enable the mop to be used for cleaning orpolishing` and so forth. Thr top of the sleeve q, will engage in thesocket at the lower end of the grip if desired in order to hold the boxZ1 raised with the mop head projecting to its fullest extent.

Although the mop and wringing attachnient have been described as it theywere always made and sold as a complete article, lyet it will beapparent that the wringing attachment may bc sold separately from themop, and may be used with existing mop heads and stems in so far as suchmop heads have stems of a convenient size, such as that of the stein cin Figures l to 6, or the stem c, of Figures 7 and 8. The invention isnot limited therefore to the combination of the mop and the wringingattachment but it in-A any suitable material and a :mopv head 'of forthe sake of example.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is yl. Thecombination of a stem and a mop head thereon witha sleeve sliding onsaid stem, a casing carried by said sleeve into which casing the mophead can loe-drawn, flaps carried'by said casing and adapted to closeover the open lower end thereof, a second sleeve sliding over the firstsleeve, and connections from said second sleeve to said fiaps wherebymovement of the second sleeve over the first sleeve is caused to closetogether or open out said flaps.

2. The combination of a stem and a mop head carried thereby, with asleeve adapted to slide on said stem and a wringing attachy tion of saidspring andconnections from said second sleeve to the opening and closingA means forming part of the wringing attachment.

3.v The combination of a stem and a mop head carried thereby, of awringing attach ment including members which are adapted to be openedout or closed together as `required, asleeve carrying said wringing at?tachment and slidable on the mop stem, a second sleeve slidable withrespect to the first sleeve, connections from said second sleeve to themembers of the wringing attachment `which open and close, spring-y meanstending to move said second sleeve with respect to the first sleeve in adirection such as to open said wringing attachment, a catch adapted toholdsaid second sleeve in the position which it occupies when saidwringing attachment is closed, and means for releasing said catch whenrequired.

4. The combination of a stem with a domeshaped cap secured at one end ofthe stem a mop head formed of textile material se,

curedin said cap and awringing attachment slidably mounted on said stem,said wringing attachment including a casing and fiaps adapted to beopened and closed over the mouth ofthe casing, with means for holdingthe-flaps closed or for holding them in the opened position.

5. The combination with a mop headand a stem carrying the same, of awringing attachment including members adapted to be opened and closedand a support therefor, a sleeve carried on the mopy stem connected withsaid support, and a second sleeve slidable with respect to the firstsleeve, connections from said second sleeve to the members of thewringing attachment ywhich are adapted to be opened and closed, a springengaging between, said two sleeves in such manner as to tend to lift upthesecondsleeve with respect to the, first and to hold 'open the membersof the wringing attachment, a catch carried by said second sleeve and` aprojection on said first sleeve with which the catch is adapted toengage' when the movable members of the wringing attach` ment areclosed, a third sleeve slidable' with l respect to the second sleevehaving a yface thereon formedinsuch manner as to press the catch ontofengagement when the third sleeve is pressed into the second sleeve,and

a flange on the end of the third sleeve adapted to bear against thespring. engaging. between the lfirst and second sleeves wheny thecatchvis released so that the spring action is exertedjboth against thethird sleeve and against the second sleeve. f '6. A wringing attachmentfor a mop,

comprising a shell, a. pair of iaps pivotally connected to said shell, asleeve `connected to said shell, a'second sleeve slidable uponthe firstsleeve, links connecting said second sleeve to said flaps, spring meanstending to pull up said second sleeve with respect vto the first sleeve,and thus to hold said flaps i open, a catch device adapted to hold saidsecond sleeve when pressed downward into

